MANILA, Philippines - Hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay wala pa ring may alam kung ano ang plano ni world six-division champion Oscar Dela Hoya matapos ang kanyang eight-round TKO loss kay Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao noong Disyembre 6 ng 2008.
Ibinasura kahapon ni Golden Boy Promotions’ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard Schaefer ang posibilidad na pag-akyat muli ng 36-anyos na si Dela Hoya sa boxing ring katapat ang kaibigang si Sugar Shane Mosley.
“That’s not going to happen,” wika ni Schaefer sa panayam ng Sports Illustrated.com. “I honestly don’t know what Oscar is going to do. I don’t think Oscar is ready to commit to anything right now. And Shane has moved on. He’s clearly the No. 1 welterweight in the world. He wants to be in there with the biggest and the best.”
Makaraan ang kanyang pagkatalo kay Pacquiao sa kanilang non-title welterweight fight, wala nang narinig pa mula kay “Golden Boy”.
Kagaya ni Dela Hoya, wala pa ring balak si world five-division titlist Floyd Mayweather, Jr. na bumalik sa aksyon at kalabanin ang 37-anyos na si Mosley nang biglaang magretiro matapos umiskor ng isang tenth-round TKO kay Briton Ricky Hatton para sa world welterweight title noong Disyembre ng 2007.
Hindi rin tinanggap ng kampo ng 28-anyos na si Mayweather, ikinukunsidera ring susunod na makakalaban ng 30-anyos na si Pacquiao makaraan ang world light welterweight championship fight nito kay Hatton sa Mayo 2.
“I was told by Al Haymon that Floyd was not coming out of retirement to fight Shane Mosley,” ani Schaefer sa manager ni Mayweather. “I feel bad for Shane. It’s as if he looked too good in his last fight. It was the best performance of his career and maybe it made some guys not want to face him.”
Kamakailan ay sinabi ni American trainer Freddie Roach na maaari ring hamunin ni Pacquiao si Mosley, inagaw ang suot na World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight belt ni Mexican Antonio Margarito.
“I have had a few preliminary conversations with Bob Arum,” ani Schaefer sa itinutulak na pagdedepensa ni Mosley kay dating WBA king Miguel Cotto na hawak rin ni Bob Arum ng Top Rank Promotions. “I was told even before (the Margarito suspension) that Cotto preferred to fight Shane over Margarito. I’m sure we will talk some more.”